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Micaela Martinez & Natalie Storrs, ready to go on stage at the Sacramento Communty Center Theatre

Natalie Storrs, Part 3: Mishaps and Missteps in “Sister Act”

BY CARY GINELL VCOS: Did the musicians travel with you as well? NATALIE: Yes, we had our own orchestra. They were with us most of the time, but it just…

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Read more about the article Natalie Storrs Interview, Part 2: Getting Into the Habit in “Sister Act”
Natalie Storrs, 2nd from left, on tour in Appleton, Wisconsin, where her family flew to see her in "Sister Act"

Natalie Storrs Interview, Part 2: Getting Into the Habit in “Sister Act”

BY CARY GINELL VCOS: Tell me about your first time on stage with the show. NATALIE: I did my put-in in D. C. but the company then went on a week…

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Read more about the article Will the Curtain Come Down on Cabrillo? Lewis Wilkenfeld Explains
Cabrillo Music Theatre's Lewis Wilkenfeld

Will the Curtain Come Down on Cabrillo? Lewis Wilkenfeld Explains

BY CARY GINELL Now that Bye, Bye Birdie has flown the coop, Cabrillo Music Theatre is heading down the home stretch of its fundraising drive, with its survival in the balance. A…

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Read more about the article An Experience Second to Nun: Natalie Storrs Talks About the “Sister Act” National Tour
Natalie Storrs as Sister Mary Martin-of-Tours in the national tour of "Sister Act"

An Experience Second to Nun: Natalie Storrs Talks About the “Sister Act” National Tour

BY CARY GINELL Ventura County's loss will be Broadway's gain when Natalie Storrs leaves the Conejo Valley in a month or so to test the waters in the Big Apple.…

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Read more about the article “Bye, Bye Birdie” Puts Happy Faces on T.O. Audiences
Albert the McAfees - L-R: Noelle Marion, Jim J. Bullock, Zachary Ford, Micah Meyers, Farley Cadena (photo by Ed Krieger)

“Bye, Bye Birdie” Puts Happy Faces on T.O. Audiences

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL If Cabrillo Music Theatre's current production of Bye, Bye Birdie proves to mean "Bye, Bye Cabrillo," at least it assures that the venerable theater company will go out…

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Read more about the article Birdie’s Chick Chirps About New Cabrillo Production
Noelle Marion as Kim McAfee, with Austin Macphee as Conrad Birdie (photo by Ed Krieger)

Birdie’s Chick Chirps About New Cabrillo Production

BY CARY GINELL In the conclusion of our three-part interview with Noelle Marion, Noelle discusses her role as Kim McAfee in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of Bye, Bye Birdie, which begins…

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Read more about the article Elite’s “The Woolgatherer” Explores the Imprisonment of Loneliness
Eric J. Stein (Cliff) and Jenna Scanlon (Rose) in William Mastrosimone's "The Woolgatherer" (photo by Jennifer Corntassel)

Elite’s “The Woolgatherer” Explores the Imprisonment of Loneliness

REVIEW BY CARY GINELL At the beginning of The Woolgatherer, you know there is something wrong with spinsterish salesgirl Rose when the first thing she says to stranded truck driver Cliff…

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